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One-hundred-five years ago on February 4th, the US "bought" the Philippines from Spain for $20 million (after a successful popular revolution), and took over the role of colonizer, beginning a four-year war that would end in the deaths of between 200,000 and 1.4 million Filipinos. The exact number is unknown, and the war itself is systematically revised in history, when it's referred to as the "Phillipine Insurrecton" in the US.

• Students commemorate the 105th anniversay.
• Postwar cartoons and photos
• The History Guy's overview.

Provisions in the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT require school districts to share student information with military recruiters.
The Opt-Out Form is the only way students can keep their information from being released.

Los Angeles Unified School District families of junior and high school seniors should contact the UTLA Human Rights Committee
For More Information 1, 2

A huge anti-war rally in Westwood became a standoff between demonstrators and police on Thursday Evening. Read an on-scene report; and a later commentary. Friday Evening in Westwood was equally inspiring.

Downtown: report.
Pasadena: Student protesters arrested.
Riverside: Larger then yesterday, three law enforcement agencies too!
We're on TV now. While the TV stations jockey to get the best ratings.

Westwood Federal Building photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, art photo and article.
Costa Mesa photos: 1, 2

3-21 UPDATE: 27 arrested, 500 demonstrate this morning at an Interfaith Worship for Peace at the Downtown LA Federal Building: Read an early report, and a later summary.

Around twenty-thousand anti-war demonstrators flooded the streets of downtown Hollywood today and marched on CNN. Declaring that the mainstream media has let down the people of America, and by extenision (since the good ole USA is (once again) a bloodthirsty empire), the people the world, with its distorted coverage and biased pro-war commentary, the demonstrators held a rally at the CNN building on Sunset Blvd. And what's a Hollywood event without stars: Eddie Vedder sang an a-capella song against SUVs, while Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Oscar nominated director Pedro Almodovar spoke to the overflowing crowd, declaring their solidarity with the international peace movement. At the end of the day 78 people were arrested, 40 via non-violent civil disobedience in the Hollywood and Vine intersection, 38 via police over-reaction. Once again, on balance, it was a spirited day for the anti-war cause -- no matter how CNN might try to marginalize us.
See photos from the day in Hollywood: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. And check out this video from the day.

Also, here's a series of photos from today's Long Beach Anti-War Demo.